Exam 5: Business Torts

The standard of reasonable care for professionals with regard to working in their area of expertise is the same as that of ordinary persons.

To increase market share, a businessperson can use any tactics necessary to steal a competitor's customers.

Proximate cause exists if the injury would not have occurred "but for" the wrongful act.

Strict liability is liability without fault.

Mike pushes Nora, who falls and breaks her arm. Mike is liable for the injury

Dian enters a boat race on rough waters. If her boat crashes and she sues the organization that ran the race for negligence, their best defense would be

Publication of false information about another's property is not a tort.

Foreseeability is the test for proximate cause.

The intentional touching of another that is harmful or offensive is a battery .

Any act intended to make another person fearful of an immediate physical harm is an assault .

In most states, plaintiffs can recover for injuries even if they were partially at fault .

Bella owns a farm in Colorado. Doyle drives his sport utility vehicle off a highway and onto Bella's land. Doyle commits trespass if he